While the most high-profile cases are heard at Crown Courts, hundreds of defendants are seen to in the Magistrates' Courts each week.

Offences range from criminal damage, assault and driving driving, with perpetrators receiving a variety of penatlies.

Listed below are the 67 number of people who came before the magistrates recently:

Assault

Danny Nichols, 25, of Francis Road, Braintree, was given a four month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and to pay £2,112.87 compensation, an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for assaulting Kevin Wiltshire by beating him.

He was also given a four-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and to pay £175 compensation for assaulting Edna Wiltshire by beating her and given a two-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months for damaging a pair of glasses and the bumper of a Toyota Aygo belonging to Kevin Wiltshire on July 18 at Braintree.

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Adam Plant, 36, of Glebe Avenue, Braintree, was given a two month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and to pay £1,085 compensation, an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for assaulting Kevin Wiltshire by beating him on July 18 at Braintree.

Ambrose Draper, 41, of Staplers Close, Great Totham, was fined £180 for assaulting PC Sweeting in the execution of his duty on July 18 at Chelmsford.

Criminal damage

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Jack Ward, 22, of Hollywood Close, Chelmsford, was given a community order to carry out 100 hours unpaid work and to pay £250 compensation for damaging a Renault Kadjar belonging to Hayley Orin on July 27 at Chelmsford. He was also given a community order to carry out 100 hours unpaid work and to pay £100 compensation for damaging a Ford KA belonging to Aaron Taylor on July 27, at Chelmsford.

Drink driving

Karen Curwood, 56, of Western Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, was disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence for three years, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Adam while her alcohol level was 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on June 25 at Orchard Road, Burnham-on-Crouch.

Sandie Hogg, 35, of Hunt Avenue, Heybridge, was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 18 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Ford Escort while her alcohol level was 86 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over twice the prescribed limit, on July 24, at The Street, Heybridge.

Daniel Jackson, 31, of Rees Gardens, Croydon, was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 48 months, given a community order to carry out 120 hours unpaid work and to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Ford Transit when his alcohol level was 118 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over three times the prescribed limit, on July 28, on the A12, Chelmsford.

Pearce Bolger, 31, of Garden Field, Hatfield Peverel, was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months, fined £750 and ordered to pay a £75 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Renault Traffic while his alcohol level was 44 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, on July 14, at The Avenue, Brentwood.

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Drug driving

Shaun Musson, 26, of Caxton Close, Tiptree, was disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months, fined £750 and ordered to pay a £75 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Peugeot Partner 600, while under the influence of cocaine, at a speed of 70 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 40 miles per hour on April 12, at Woodham Road, Battlesbridge.

Driving offences

Bradley Mitchell, 37, of Forest Drive, Chelmsford, was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for nine months, given a community order to carry out 140 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay a £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Astra while disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence, driving without insurance and driving whilst not wearing a seatbelt on January 17, at Park Avenue, Chelmsford.

Adam Rutterford, 44, of Springfield Park Road, Chelmsford, was given five points, fined £192 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Focus at a speed of 45 miles per hour, exceeding the legal speed of 30 miles per hour on April 12 at Roxwell Road, Chelmsford.

Tahir Sheikh, 23, of Mayo Road, London, was given three points, fined £50 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Astra at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 40 miles per hour at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Jamie Spence, 29, of Church Close, Wilby, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Mercedes A200 and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening a red traffic light 5.6 seconds after the signal had changed to red on February 23, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Simon Taylor, 36, of Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £113 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving an Alexander Dennis (Bus) and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 5.2 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 19 at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Some of the cases were heard at Basildon Magistrates' Court

Harnom Zubairu, 24, of Henry Road, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £144 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Corsa and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 15.4 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 20, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Gemini Sampath, 48, of Millers Drive, Great Notley, was given three points, fined £275 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Mercedes at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour on January, 13 at Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford.

Kevin Pooley, 63, of Ulting, was fined £166 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Transit whilst not wearing a seatbelt on April 6, at London Road, Great Notley.

Stuart Ratcliffe, 56, of Hassobury, Farnham, was given six points, fined £1,075 and ordered to pay a £107 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volvo without insurance on June 23, at Silver Street, Stansted. He was also fined £358 for having the ply or cord exposed on the offside front wheel and driving without a test certificate.

Tomas Rypka, 24, of Willow Gardens, Reading, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Polo without a test certificate on April 9, at Thremhall Avenue, Stansted.

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Sergiu Rysan, 24, of New Durham Road, Stanley, was given five points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Transporter at a speed of 95 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on April 1, on the M11, Stansted.

Thomas Parker, 23, of Swaynes Lane, Comberton, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Transit without a test certificate on April 7, at Eastways, Witham.

Mark Hagon, 46, of Godlings Way, Braintree, was given a 12 weeks prison sentence suspended for 12 months, a community order to carry out 120 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Ford Transit Connect while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence on June 9, at Brain Valley Avenue, Black Notley.

He was also given a 12 week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a further 36 months and to carry out 120 hours unpaid work with 12 months for driving without a test certificate, without insurance and for failing to provide a specimen of blood when required on June 9, at Brain Valley Avenue, Black Notley.

Toby Hare, 24, of Woodfield Road, Braintree, was given six points, fined £400 and ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for driving a Suzuki motorcycle otherwise in accordance with a licence for that class of motor vehicle in that the motorcycle was above the output power limit on the licence and without insurance. He was also fined £265 for driving without due care and attention and £130 for driving without wearing protective headgear on May 5, at Woodfield Road, Braintree.

Farai Shonhai, 27, of Beaufort Street, Southend-on-Sea, was given three points, fined £120 and ordered a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving an Audi Q3 at a speed of 62 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 50 miles per hour on April 17, on the A130, Rettendon.

Jade Richards, 23, of Hillside Road, Southminster, was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 28 days, fined £87 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Seat Ibiza and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 1.2 seconds after the signal had changed to red on March 2, at Southend Arterial Road, Leigh-on-Sea.

Chelmsford Magistrates' Court heard it's fair share of cases

Shafique Ali, 60, of Cressy Quay, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £40 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Polo and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 3.2 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 12, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Stuart Barnes, 46, of Gateley, Dereham, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a DAF and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 8.5 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 19, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Gareth Barton, 50, of Applegate, Brentwood, was given three points, fined £70 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge for driving a Vauxhall at a speed of 41 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour, on March 29, at Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford.

Lakshmi Bodepudi, 40, of Berwick Avenue, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Nissan Qashqai and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 8.1 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 12, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Mervin Buwu, 39, of Trent Road, Chelmsford, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for travelling in the front seat of a Ford Transit whilst not wearing a seatbelt on April 4, at Springfield Road, Chelmsford.

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Kenneth Clark, 58, of Grantham Avenue, Great Notley, was given three points, fined £296 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Toyota RAV4 and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 13.7 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 13, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Mark Clayton-Ferrier, 53, of Redcliffe Road, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Mercedes CLK 230 at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 40 miles per hour on March 26, at Parkway, Chelmsford.

Edward Connor, 24, of Church Road, Hadleigh, was given six points, fined £530 and ordered to pay a £53 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a BMW 118 at a speed of 78 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 50 miles per hour, on May 19, on the A130, Chelmsford.

Lisa Deady, 36, of Granary Close, Latchingdon, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Fiat Punto without a test certificate on April 8 at Rettendon.

Thomas Fenwick, 34, of Dunn Side, Chelmsford, was given three points, fined £100 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Astra at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour on April 4, at Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford.

Ionut Macesanu, 23, of Clifford Road, Ipswich, was given six points, fined £660 and ordered to pay £66 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Transporter at a speed of 104 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on May 1, on the A130, Chelmsford.

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Harley Cook, 22, of Hawk Hill, Battlesbridge, was given three points, fined £133 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a BMW 320D at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 40 miles per hour on April 4, at Southend Arterial Road, Leigh-on-Sea.

Kane Lewis, 21, of Norwich Avenue, Southend-on_Sea, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Crafter 30 at a speed of 85 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on April 4, on the A12, Boreham.

Matthew Beere, 29, of Deanery Gardens, Braintree, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volkswagen Transporter without a test certificate on April 5 at Coggeshall Road, Braintree.

Darren Bewers, 43, of Layer Road, Great Wigborough, was given four points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Transit at a speed of 43 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour on April 12, at Coggeshall Road, Braintree.

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Brian Jones, 51, of Coggeshall Road, Braintree, was given four points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Renault Clio at a speed of 43 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of £30 miles per hour on April 1, at Coggeshall Road, Braintree.

Richard Laird, 36, of Parkanaur Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, was given six points, fined £1,000 and ordered to pay a £100 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a BMW X3 at a speed of 83 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 50 miles per hour on May 19, on the A130, Rettendon.

George Acsenti, 29, of St Augustine Road, Southsea, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Skoda Fabia without a test certificate on April 4, at Thremhall Avenue, Stansted.

Jonathon Holland, 37, of Broomhill Road, Woodford Green, was fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Smart without a test certificate on April 9, on the M11, Stansted.

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Mustaq Ahmad, 53, of Bonham Road, Dagenham, was given six points, fined £330 and ordered to pay a £33 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Peugeot 5008 SR HDI at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour and driving without a licence, on April 21, on the A129, Billericay.

Gareth Barton, 50, of Applegate, Brentwood, was given three points, fined £70 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge for driving a Vauxhall at a speed of 41 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour on March 29, at Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford.

Grant Cox, 26, of Windsor Close, Colchester, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Citroen at a speed of 83 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on April 1, on the A12, Kelvedon.

Michael Drewe, 63, of Kiln Road, North Weald, was given four points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Smart at a speed of 44 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour on April 7, at High Road, Chigwell.

Andrei Lacatus, 25, of Gascoigne Road, Barking, was given six points, fined £660 and ordered to pay a £66 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a BMW 730D at a speed of 52 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour, on April 8, at High Road, North Weald.

Sade Alexander, 33, of Argyll Road, London, was given six points, fined £60 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Transit at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour and for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence for that class of motor vehicle in that it was a provisional licence and there were no ‘L’ plates on the vehicle, on April 20, at High Street, Chipping Ongar.

Jamie Carroll, 22, of Turners Close, Ongar, was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving an Audi A1 and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening the red traffic light 10.4 sceonds after the signal had changed to red on May 13 at Prince Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea.

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He was given three points, fined £220 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving the Audi A1 at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 50 miles per hour on the same day at Southend Arterial Road, Rayleigh.

Rebecca Hollingsworth, 34, of Beauchamps Drive, Wickford, was fined £75 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Focus at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 40 miles per hour on January 18, at Southend Arterial Road, Leigh-on-Sea.

Thomas Martin, 25, of Rhapsody Crescent, Brentwood, was given four points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a large goods vehicle at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 30 miles per hour, on February 15, on the A1023, Brentwood.

Paul Squibb, 49, of Marlowe Gardens, Romford, was given six points, fined £660 and ordered to pay a £66 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Fiesta without insurance on June 8, on the 25, Brentwood.

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Toby Siddall, 46, of Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, was given three points, fined £651 and ordered to pay a £65 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Volvo XC90 at a speed of 85 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on April 1, on the A12, Kelvedon.

Lee Sorrell, 41, of Temple Lane, Silver End, was given four points, fined £440 and ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Fiesta at a speed of 92 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on April 1, on the A12, Kelvedon.

Jessica Wilkins, 25, of St Marys Road, Clacton-on-Sea, was given three points, fined £56 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Mercedes C250 at a speed of 82 miles per hour, exceeding the legal limit of 70 miles per hour on March 27, on the A12, Kelvedon.

Kirk Veitch, 34, of Enbrook Valley, Folkestone, was given six points, fined £660 and ordered to pay a £66 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Vauxhall Astra without insurance on March 29, on the M11, North Weald.

Mary-Louise Swinney, 78, of Waverley Crescent, Wickford, was given three points, fined £40 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 court costs for driving a Ford Fiesta and failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign in that the vehicle was recorded contravening a red traffic light 4 seconds after the signal had changed to red on May 13, at Prince Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea.

Andrea Paul, 43, of Hutton Drive, Hutton, was given five points, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £620 court costs for driving a Ford Fiesta without due care and attention in that the vehicle crossed the centre of the road onto the wrong side on a blind bend, colliding head on with the vehicle coming the other way, on October 31, 2017 at Trueloves Lane, Ingatestone.

Drugs

Ambrose Draper, 41, of Staplers Close, Great Totham, was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for possessing a quantity of cocaine on July 17 at Chelmsford.

Mark Myers, 21, of Silvester Way, Chelmsford, was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for possessing a quantity of cannabis on June 23, at Chelmsford.

Jonathan Martin, 28, of Fairway Drive, Chelmsford, was fined £80 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for possessing a quantity of cannabis on February 28, at Grays.

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Harassment

Tyrone Ingram, 26, of Rickstones Road, Witham, was given a community order to carry out 240 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for sending letters, text messages and other social media which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order imposed by Essex Magistrates’ Court on April 4, on April 12, at Witham.

Mark Deeks, 29, of Gowers Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order to carry out 240 hours unpaid work within the next 12 months and ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to the harassment of Madeline McPherson in that harassing phone calls were made on June 9, at Chelmsford.

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Threatening behaviour

Paul Coughlan, 33, of St James Road, Brentwood, was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months and was issued a restraining order for intending to cause harassment, alarm or distress, by using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour on April 20, at Brentwood.

Paul Jenkins, 49, of Rutland Road, Chelmsford, was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause Samuel Beavis to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him on April 2, at Chelmsford.

He was also fined £85 for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress on March 27, at Chelmsford.